Tim Scott Says Black Americans Were Better Off Under Donald Trump, So We Fact Checked Him

As The Root pointed out when allies of the President started circulating fake A.I. photos of Trump with all of his Black friends, the President remains unpopular with Black voters. Support for Biden has decreased somewhat among Black voters, but there’s no evidence that there’s a mass exodus to Trump land underway.

Black unemployment hit an all-time high under the Trump presidency, peaking at around 16.8 percent in May 2020. Black unemployment hit an all-time low of under 5 percent last year under the Biden administration.

athos77,

Trump was absolutely fine with covid decimating communities of color.

archomrade,

Lmao this headline sounds so petty

taanegl,

It’s the right way to treat uncle Tom’s.

archomrade,

No disagreement, I just find the way it’s presented in that title to be funny.

OldWoodFrame,

It’s wild that black unemployment is at an all time low at 5%. The full-population unemployment has been mid-3% for more than a year straight and that’s with a group representing 14% of Americans pulling it up towards 5%.

jeffw,

Racism is one hell of a drug

FiniteBanjo,

I’m not even really sure what could cause the shift from 14% down to 5%. I know what caused the shift upwards under Trump, his admin gutted and suspended diversity training and the Equal Employment Opportunity laws from the 1960s and the Obama admin, but I don’t think reimplementing it under Biden would have such a pendulum effect?

mydude,

They don’t mention “First step act”… Gaslighting article…

BradleyUffner,

One non-horrible thing floating in a sea of shit doesn’t make the sea any less shitty.

Snapz,
whereisk,

They must hold a family member hostage or something

thesporkeffect,

Wow. He looks happy to be there

Dkarma,

Get out.

Ghostalmedia,
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I take it Tim forgot about May 2020.

LEDZeppelin,

Token said what?

TheJims,

🤣 Tolkien

FenrirIII,
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I would guess KKK membership rose under Trump.

jeffw,

So… Clayton Bigsby was at least better off?

dugmeup,

But that would make him hate Trump, because that would make Trump a… N*gger lover.

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